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Orthonotus
| Orthonotus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Orthonotus Ashmead, 1905 |
| Type species | |
| Formica sericea, now Camponotus sericeus
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This taxon is a junior homonym and has been replaced by Orthonotomyrmex (a subgenus of Camponotus).
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- ORTHONOTUS [junior homonym, see Orthonotomyrmex]
- Orthonotus Ashmead, 1905b: 384. Type-species: Formica sericea, by original designation. [Junior homonym of Orthonotus Westwood, in Stephens, 1829: 344 (Hemiptera).]
- Orthonotomyrmex Ashmead, 1906: 31, replacement name for Orthonotus Ashmead.
References
- Ashmead, W. H. 1905c. A skeleton of a new arrangement of the families, subfamilies, tribes and genera of the ants, or the superfamily Formicoidea. Can. Entomol. 37: 381-384 (page 384, Orthonotus in Camponotinae, Camponitini)
- Ashmead, W. H. 1906. Classification of the foraging and driver ants, or Family Dorylidae, with a description of the genus Ctenopyga Ashm. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 8: 21-31 (page 31, Orthonotomyrmex replacement name for junior homonym, Orthonotus Ashmead, 1905)
- Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 114, Orthonotus Ashmead, junior homonym of Orthonotus Westwood)